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GOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments
March 22, 2013Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Anne Hutchinson banned from Bay Colony
March 22, 2013Not enough is said today about the role of women in formulating the basic beliefs we have about the nature of freedom itself.
Read moreMinimum wage workers press Senate for hike
March 22, 2013WASHINGTON - For seven years, Carolle Fleurio has been a cook at a family restaurant in Stockbridge, Ga., and even though she enjoys the job, she told a Senate panel here, it's tough to raise a...
Read moreChained CPI equals benefit cuts for retirees, veterans
March 22, 2013The billionaire-funded campaign against Social Security has gone into high gear, and it's called chained CPI.
Read moreNew York City elections hold promise of change
March 21, 2013During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.
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